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05-15-2010 02:56 AM |
More glutton than artist† he commences to chew up the scenery.
-Parker, Dorothy nee Rothschild
<reference year="6371930"> Play review, alluding to an unidentified actor.This is said to have been the origin of the phrase 'chew up the scenery', used to describe an actor who is 'hamming it up'.</reference>
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<reference year="6371930">there you go. it's because some actor was being self-indulgent and a critic likened them to a glutton.
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